Wednesday, May 18, 2011

First off a Special Treat, here is my finished Eldar Farseer, all the details and baseing is done so i figured i'd give you a good front/back shot. Hope ya like it.

Finished! finally...Here they are folks hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed painting them. Click on the images to get a better look. Really tried to keep these guys earthy, without over useing the Green that i've themed the entire army with. I used gray scales for the cloaks and stuff. I like how they turned out, i was troubled at first, because they really didnt "Pop" out like the rest of my Eldar seem to have so far. But A friend told me They're Rangers, they're supposed to blend in and not stand out. So i'm hoping he was being honest and not just nice. Here they are, comments always welcome.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Well lately i've been working on a few different things, some are finished some are still WIP so here are a few shots i've taken

Eldar Rangers 2 of 5

Eldar Farseer and Warlock with Witch Blade

Eldar Seer Council

WraithLord Work In Progress

This is a special marine i'm working on, For my Imperial Fists, i'm Making a SternGuard unit that consists of 5 different chapters of Marines...I really just felt like adding some color and painting some of the different armor sets. They will all have a death watch shoulder pad (thats kinda the fluff behind the unit, they all served previously on a DWKT and they found themselves on the same planet fighting yadda yadda yadda) so here is the Ultra Marine, my First so far

I'd like to thank Model Bits Matt for helping me get the right bits for this specific project, check him out at http://www.modelbits.co.uk

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Since becoming a parent about 14 months ago it has had a considerable amount of impact on my hobby. With the support of a wonderful fiancé, I was allowed to put a small card table up in the family room to act as a “hobby station” where I have a shelf my dad built to hold some of the models I was currently working on, a nice lamp, and all of my paints.When the baby first came home it was great while he was sleeping I could sit 5 feet away from him and watch him while I painted or built models.And I find that I don’t get out of the house as much, so a lot of that bar time turned into to painting time.I was able to spend a lot more time on my nerd games because I could paint and model from my house.So I would say I’ve actually seen an increase in the amount of hobby time since I’ve become a parent.

As for the negatives, I’ve seen a significant decrease in the amount of game time.I’ve built a table in my garage, and I have a buddy who tries to come over once a week to play Malifaux, which works out, because we can finish a game in 1.5 hours.Where a 40k game can take about 4 hours, and I find I usually don’t have 4 hours for a game anymore.I don’t get to play against a wide variety of people and that stinks…I’ve tried to reach out and meet new gamers and get them to come to the house and play…but that can be a little weird, inviting people you really don’t know to come over and hang out at your house.

I think any Gamer that’s a parent would say just about all the same things, and its nice to know that there are other our there who are just like me and we can bouce ideas off of each other and such.So thanks again to all my 40K radio FreeBootaz Forum Dads Club guys…

Honestly this whole post was mainly put up to show the picture above.My 14 mo Old son has finally figure out how to get to my stuff…So Anyone have any good advice for me? Is there a better way to shield my stuff? Or is it time to move everything down to the basement and just work on stuff down there? Anyways...i must say, i'm pretty proud of him for dragging the jug of coins over to the table and getting up there...good work kid...